“They run the same plays they ran last year when I was there, but Oladipo is going to be a star in this league,” Harrington said. “They did a great job with that pick. All the rest of the guys, I think they’re coming along, but I haven’t watched them too much.”

Harrington was then asked to explain why he thinks so highly of Oladipo.

“He’s a killer,” Harrington answered. “He reminds me a lot of Russell Westbrook with his aggressiveness. So if he can play anything like that and play at that level and play like him, they’ve got an All-Star on their hands.”

Harrington’s Wizards (28-28) will face the Magic (17-41) tonight.

Harrington was traded to the Magic from the Denver Nuggets as part of the four-team deal in Aug. 2012 that sent Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers and also brought the Magic Arron Afflalo, Maurice Harkless, Nik Vucevic, Josh McRoberts, Christian Eyenga and future draft choices.

The Magic knew at the time that Harrington was recovering from a staph infection in his right knee. Harrington started to play for Orlando in late February and received some playing time until mid-March. After that, the Magic chose to allocate playing time to their young players. Harrington didn’t play for Orlando after March 15.

The Magic asked Harrington to accept a buyout, but Harrington declined.

The team waived him over the summer, and Harrington signed a free-agent deal with the Wizards, hoping the Wizards would contend for the playoffs.

Washington is fifth in the Eastern Conference standings, but the Wizards now must deal with an injury to their starting power forward, Nenê, who is expected to miss the next six weeks because of a sprained knee.

Harrington and another former Magic player, Marcin Gortat, will need to make significant contributions in the weeks ahead for Washington to maintain its position in the standings.

“I’m trying to approach every game like it’s the last game of my life,” Gortat said.

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